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After I finished the last turbo custom from Bandai, I thought I was done with Scpoedogs. I have a Yamato 1/12 that I dissembled and was going to paint, and got a 1/8 Volks that I finally won via Y!JP auction. In the mean time Bandai offered this Lehman custom that I initially didn’t have…

My first Yahoo Japan auction came this rabidly dog from votoms. This apparently was sold through direct sales from be-j,Waves stores, circa 2011-2. For whatever read RD was not a popular design and there were few kits of it in resin form, whereas Scopedog was a hit. In Votoms Chirico rode through the Quent desert…

I’ve been inspired by the Meka Mania’s mod of the 1/24 scopedogs. In fact I was quite curious where his nice fists came from… and after getting the older Takara + resin release from Y!JP auction the puzzle was solved! They were the superior sculpts by Nomoto before they were replaced by the Wave junk…

I’ve been largely ignoring the 1/24 Takara/Wave scopedog kits in my backlog and written them off as “will not build” after the 1/20 Bandai versions came out. The former requires a lot of work to make them look good enough whereas the Bandais were easier to build into nicer kits. Case closed? Except I’ve been…

First of a few 1:20 Bandai Scopedogs that I finished with weathering. I’m very much drawn to the Bandai kits because their proportions are very spot on, and they are easy to build when you compare it to the 1:24 Wave variants or the tiny 1:35. There are a few gimmicks like the “bolts” on…

4891 Introduction Scale 1/24 Maker Wave Completed 12/16/00 Retail 5800 Of all the scopedog variants, I like the turbo custom (STTC) the best. I really dig the booster legs and the big 6-pack rocket pod – the whole thing is just very pleasing to the eyes. STTC found actions in the Votoms OVA “Roots of…

3993 Introduction Scale 1/24 Maker Max Factory Completed 9/18/01 Retail 6800yen Strikedog is the personal AT of da brat Ypsilon. The special thing about this AT is its claw on its left hand, which also hides a 9mm machine gun; in the show, this gun never runs out of ammo 🙂 I like the Strikedog…

Introduction Scale 1/24 Maker Wave/Takara Completed 02/04/02 Retail 3400yen “If you must ask, I will tell you, what I want is an ordinary life; if I can embrace this dream, if this heart can be content with reality, I will be happy. If you want an example, her name is Fyana, Fyana is my life,…